Painted gardens and constructed spaces
Robert Minervini paints spatial environments that bring plants, architecture and ideas of an imagined garden together. In the selected works, potted trees, cacti and leafy forms gather within tiled recesses, patterned screens and carefully constructed settings. Discover the paintings presented by J. Willott Gallery in Palm Desert, alongside the artist's statement and documented exhibition history.
Collecting and viewing
Notice how a grid or architectural edge sets up the space while leaves and branches move through it. Compare the density of the plant arrangements and the effect of each background color. Individual artwork pages provide the recorded details; contact the gallery to confirm materials, dimensions and current availability.
Available works 5 selected
Robert Minervini is an artist working in painting, mural painting, printmaking, and site-specific public art. His work examines spatial environments and notions of utopia in large-scale cityscapes, landscapes, and still-life arrangements.
He received his MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute, and his BFA from Tyler School of Art. His work has been exhibited nationally, including solo shows with Hirschl & Adler Modern, NYC; Edward Cella Gallery, LA; Rena Bransten Gallery, SF; as well as group and two-person exhibitions with the San José Museum of Art, Torrance Art Museum, the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, the di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art, Palo Alto Art Center, Schneider Museum of Art, and the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.
Minervini has completed multiple murals and public art commissions nationally including through the San Francisco Arts Commission, The Alameda County Arts Commission, and the Philadelphia Mural Arts Program.
He has been a resident artist at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, the Headlands Center of the Arts, the Vermont Studio Center. His art has been published in New American Paintings (No. 91 and No. 109), Beautiful Decay, and Mural Art: Large Scale Art from Walls around the World. Minervini’s work has been reviewed in the LA Times, Modern Painters, San Francisco Chronicle, Art ltd., and featured in ArtWeek LA, 7×7 Magazine, and The Huffington Post.
Minervini’s work is in the collections of the San José Museum of Art, the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, the City and County of San Francisco, and many private and corporate collections.
Robert Minervini currently lives and works in Oakland, California.
EDUCATION
2009
- MFA, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
2005
- BFA, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA
2003
- Tyler School of Art, Rome, Italy
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019
- Crystal Palace, Local Language Gallery, Oakland, CA
- Future Collapse, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- New Monuments, Hirschl & Adler Modern, New York, NY
2017
- Life in the Shadows, Edward Cella Gallery, Culver City, CA
- Improvised Gardens, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2016
- Speed x Distance x Time, Sandpoint Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
2015
- Invisible Reflections, Rena Bransten Projects, San Francisco, CA
2013
- Until Tomorrow Comes, Marine Contemporary, Venice, CA
- After Glow: As the Wick Burns, Electric Works, San Francisco, CA
2012
- On the Nature of Things, Marine Contemporary, Venice, CA
2009
- A Means to an End, Eleanor Harwood Gallery, San Francisco, CA
TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2016
- California Utopias: Shifting Perspectives at the Edge of the West, City College of San Francisco, SF, CA
2014
- Terminal Sunset, Littman Gallery, Portland State University, Portland, OR
2012
- Hymns to the Moon, Johansson Projects, Oakland, CA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020
- South East North West: New Works from the Collection, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
2019
- Reinventing the Real, Hirschl and Adler Modern, New York, NY
2018
- San Diego: The Architecture of Four Ecologies, The La Jolla Historical Society, La Jolla, CA
- Group Hang:Print Edition, Minnesota Street Projects, San Francisco, CA
- A Sentimental Mood, First Amendment Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- 15-year Anniversary Exhibition, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
2017
- Rena Bransten Gallery, Pulse Art Fair, Miami, FL
- California Connections: Selections from the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, California Center for the Arts, Escondido, CA
- Group Hang, Facebook Residency 5 year Anniversary Exhibition, The Lab, San Francisco, CA
2016
- Local II, Mirus Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- Vestiges, Gauntlet Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2015
- Bird in Hand, Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, CA
- Radical Landscapes, di Rosa, Napa, CA
- In This Place, C2C Projects, San Francisco, CA
2015
- Forgetting the Future: Entropy in the Reflective Age, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
2014
- Space//Squared, White Walls Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- Local, Mirus Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- Home: Shelter and Habitat in Contemporary Art, Schneider Museum of Art, Ashland, OR & Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
2013
- New Acquisitions, Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA
2011
- Bay Area Now 6, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
- ROY G BIV, Waterhouse and Dodd, New York, NY
LECTURES / VISITING ARTIST
2020
- Visiting Artist and Public Lecture, Clark College, Vancouver, WA
2018
- Visiting Artist and Public Lecture, Sonoma State University, Sonoma, CA
2017
- Visiting Artist and Public Lecture, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
2016
- Visiting Artist and Public Lecture, Clark College, Vancouver, WA
2015
- Visiting Artist, Undergraduate Professional Practices, California State University, East Bay, Hayward, CA
- Visiting Artist, Professional Practices Graduate Course, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
- Visiting Artist, Undergraduate Advanced Painting, Auburn University, Auburn, AL
2014
- Public Lecture, Portland State University, Portland, OR
2013
- Public Lecture, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE
- Visiting Artist and Public Lecture, University of Missouri, Kansas City, MO
2011
- Public Lecture, The New Natural, Bay Area Now 6, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, SF, CA
- Visiting Artist, Undergraduate Painting Seminar, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
COMMISSIONS & RESIDENCIES
2019
- Public Art Commission, Walnut Creek BART Station, BART Art Program (To Be Completed 2021)
- Public Art Commission, San Francisco International Airport, San Francisco Arts Commission, SF, CA
- Public Art Commission / Mural, Castro Valley, CA, Alameda County Arts Commission, Oakland, CA
2017
- Kala Fellowship Award, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
2015
- Public Art Project, Passport, The San Francisco Arts Commission, SF, CA
- Public Art Commission, Art on Market Street, The San Francisco Arts Commission, SF, CA
2014
- Artist in Residence, Facebook Analog Research Lab, Facebook Headquarters, Menlo Park, CA
- Artist in Residence, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
2013
- Artist in Residence, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE
2010
- Artist in Residence, Root Division, San Francisco, CA, 2009-2010
- Public Art Commission, Art in Storefronts, Chinatown, The San Francisco Arts Commission, SF, CA
2009
- Artist in Residence, The Project Space, The Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA
2008
- Murphy & Cadogan Fellowship, The San Francisco Foundation, San Francisco, CA
2007
- Artist in Residence, The Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
CATALOGUES & PUBLICATIONS
2018
- Print Feature, American Art Collector Magazine, March Issue
2015
- Print Feature, Paint Pulse Magazine, Issue #1, Boston, MA
- Print Feature, Lumina Journal, Vol. XIV, Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY
2013
- Print Feature, New American Paintings #109, Pacific Coast edition, Open Studios Press, Boston, MA
2012
- Print Feature, Cover Image, Studio Visit Magazine, Vol.16, The Open Studios Press, Boston, MA
2011
- Print Feature Book 6: Future Perfect, Beautiful Decay Magazine
- Print Feature, The Panhandler Magazine, Issue #5, University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL
2010
- Print Feature, New American Paintings #91, Pacific Coast ed., The Open Studios Press, Boston, MA
2009
- Exhibition Catalogue, Master Pieces, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2008
- Print Feature, Mural Art: Large Scale Art from Walls Around the World, Kiriakos Iosifidis, Adbusters
AWARDS, COMMISSIONS & RESIDENCIES
2019
- Public Art Commission, SFO Airport Terminal 1 Project, San Francisco Arts Commission, SF, CA
- Public Art Commission, Mural Painting Castro Valley, CA, Alameda County Arts Commission, Oakland, CA
- Artist in Residence, Local Language, Oakland, CA
2017
- Kala Fellowship Award, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
2015
- Public Art Commission, Passport, The San Francisco Arts Commission, SF, CA
- Public Art Commission, Art on Market Street, The San Francisco Arts Commission, SF, CA
2014
- Artist in Residence, Facebook Analog Research Lab, Facebook Headquarters, Menlo Park, CA
- Artist in Residence, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
2013
- Artist in Residence, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE
2010
- Artist in Residence, Root Division, San Francisco, CA, 2009-2010
- Public Art Commission, Art in Storefronts, Chinatown, The San Francisco Arts Commission, SF, CA
2009
- Artist in Residence, The Project Space, The Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA
2008
- Murphy & Cadogan Fellowship, The San Francisco Foundation, San Francisco, CA
2007
- Artist in Residence, The Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
